> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # News Briefing: 15 July 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-15-july-2025/ - Published: 2025-07-14T20:01:18.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-15T04:43:51.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **HEALTH** Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Surgeon warns of ‘tipping point’ as Government boosts private hospital use](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360756599/surgeon-warns-tipping-point-government-boosts-private-hospital-use?ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell: [Who benefits from outsourcing planned surgery: follow the funding](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/who-benefits-from-outsourcing-planned-surgery-follow-the-funding/?ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Roden (1News): [Nelson Hospital accused of making 'ghost' appointments for patients](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/14/nelson-hospital-accused-of-making-ghost-appointments-for-patients/?ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Auckland's public hospitals at the 'upper limit' of capacity - Health NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566901/auckland-s-public-hospitals-at-the-upper-limit-of-capacity-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news) Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Auckland ambulance patients being diverted to non-hospital clinics](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566872/auckland-ambulance-patients-being-diverted-to-non-hospital-clinics?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hospice cuts patient numbers: 'We are so desperately sorry for the unavoidable suffering'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566869/hospice-cuts-patient-numbers-we-are-so-desperately-sorry-for-the-unavoidable-suffering?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Watch: Alcohol expert tells Sam Hayes that NZ drinking guidelines are too high and outdated](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360757325/watch-alcohol-expert-tells-sam-hayes-nz-drinking-guidelines-are-too-high-and-outdated?ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Caldwell (ODT): [Group shows confidence in hospital plan](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/group-shows-confidence-hospital-plan?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Vaccine hesitancy growing in at-risk communities, providers blame social media misinformation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566897/vaccine-hesitancy-growing-in-at-risk-communities-providers-blame-social-media-misinformation?ref=goodoil.news) Evie Richardson (RNZ): [Student nurses and midwives on workload, financial pressure](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566871/student-nurses-and-midwives-on-workload-financial-pressure?ref=goodoil.news) **EDUCATION, TRAINING** Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Tertiary Education Union says sector's become a political football, slams Te Pūkenga disestablishment](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566891/tertiary-education-union-says-sector-s-become-a-political-football-slams-te-pukenga-disestablishment?ref=goodoil.news) Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): [Celebration, confusion and uncertainty over polytechs plan](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360757349/regional-control-returning-10-polytechnics?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Te Pūkenga changes: 10 polytechs to return to 'regional governance'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566857/te-pukenga-changes-10-polytechs-to-return-to-regional-governance?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Te Pūkenga: Government restores regional governance for 10 polytechnics, unwinds merger](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/te-pukenga-government-restores-regional-governance-for-10-polytechnics-unwinds-merger/PTO27FLB3VBTNJVYWLIGJIU35Q/?ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [More students passing maths and reading, fewer in writing](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566848/more-students-passing-maths-and-reading-fewer-in-writing?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Otago Polytech to regain autonomy](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/otago-polytech-regain-autonomy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times/Post): [Tokoroa and Taupō Toi Ohomai polytechs face closure](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756947/tokoroa-and-taupo-toi-ohomai-polytechs-be-closed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [From prime to offal: Compass puts cheap cuts on school lunch menu](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/investigations/from-prime-to-offal-compass-puts-cheap-cuts-on-school-lunch-menu?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): [2300 Ministry of Education learning support staff to strike](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360757023/2300-ministry-education-learning-support-staff-strike?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gareth Jones (ODT): [Universities are in turbulent times](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/universities-are-turbulent-times?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Regulatory Standards Bill: Minister considers compensation for owners of banned crypto ATMs](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/regulations-bill-minister-considers-compensation-for-owners-of-banned-crypto-atms/BA5WWQDPV5GIXCHTPOWT5XGCJI/?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [NZ to block corporate lawsuit rights in Asia trade deal](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/14/nz-to-block-corporate-lawsuit-rights-in-asia-trade-deal/?ref=goodoil.news) Geoffrey Palmer (Post): [Why the Regulatory Standards Bill is dangerous to New Zealand’s democracy](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756874/why-regulatory-standards-bill-dangerous-new-zealands-democracy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [30 things I learned from 30 hours of Regulatory Standards Bill hearings](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-07-2025/30-things-i-learned-from-30-hours-of-regulatory-standards-bill-hearings?ref=goodoil.news) Anne Salmond (Newsroom): [Freedom, for whom?](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/15/anne-salmond-freedom-for-whom/?ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter: [Panic In Action](https://christrotter418256.substack.com/p/panic-in-action) (paywalled) David Harvey: [Conduct Unbecoming](https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/conduct-unbecoming) Sanjana Hattotuwa: [Public submissions to Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Regulatory Standards Bill: A guide, and overview](https://sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/public-submissions-to-finance-and-expenditure-committee-on-the-regulatory-standards-bill-a-guide-and-overview/?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, TAX** Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): [The cost of living crisis is over – this is just our reality now](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-07-2025/the-cost-of-living-crisis-is-over-this-is-just-our-reality-now?ref=goodoil.news) Craig Renney: [Its not 1931, but it feels like it](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/its-not-1931-but-it-feels-like-it) Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [Is the Government just paying lip service to cost of living concerns?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360754213/government-just-paying-lip-service-cost-living-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Grant Duncan: [The New Zombie economy](https://grantduncanphd.substack.com/p/the-new-zombie-economy) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [A radical tax plan to avoid an economic 'car crash'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566827/a-radical-tax-plan-to-avoid-an-economic-car-crash?ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): ['Timeline for NZ's recovery just keeps getting pushed further out'](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/134147/new-zealands-services-sector-contracts-fifth-consecutive-month-has-seen-only-one?ref=goodoil.news) Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): [Good things take time and NZ’s economy will rebound](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/good-things-take-time-and-nzs-economy-will-rebound?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Roger J Kerr (Interest): [Why do Kiwis continually talk their economy down?](https://www.interest.co.nz/currencies/134190/roger-j-kerr-says-it-seems-if-new-zealand-house-prices-are-not-rising-majority?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand's manufacturing slump continues, slowing economic recovery](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566648/new-zealand-s-manufacturing-slump-continues-slowing-economic-recovery?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Manufacturers still struggling despite hopes for ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360754648/manufacturers-still-struggling-despite-hopes-recovery?ref=goodoil.news)recovery (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT, POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR** Chris Trotter (Interest): [Conservative New Zealand is still waiting for the Coalition to keep its promises – and NZ First’s poll numbers may be registering their impatience](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/134189/conservative-new-zealand-still-waiting-coalition-keep-its-promises-%E2%80%93-and-nz?ref=goodoil.news) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [The (not so) little leagues turn heads while majors sit by](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/14/the-not-so-little-leagues-turn-heads-while-majors-sit-by/?ref=goodoil.news) Te Mahurangi Teinakore and Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): [Tāmaki Makaurau by-election date set: Peeni Henare defends bid despite already being in Parliament](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/07/14/tamaki-makaurau-by-election-date-set-peeni-henare-defends-bid-despite-already-being-in-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): [Tāmaki Makaurau by-election to be held in September](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566861/tamaki-makaurau-by-election-to-be-held-in-september?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Common ground: The issues so big that politicians will work together to fix them](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360752070/common-ground-issues-so-big-politicians-will-work-together-fix-them?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [PM’s department confirms job losses as restructure under way](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360757272/pms-department-confirms-job-losses-restructure-under-way?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Easton (Pundit): [Is Progress Progressive?](https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/is-progress-progressive?ref=goodoil.news#google%5Fvignette=) Mike Houlahan (ODT: [A Different Kind of Power: Good and funny, if not definitive](https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/good-and-funny-if-not-definitive?ref=goodoil.news) **CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPENSATION FOR WEATHER-RELATED EVENTS** RNZ: [Long-term changes needed to bailouts, natural disaster responses - Christopher Luxon](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566802/long-term-changes-needed-to-bailouts-natural-disaster-responses-christopher-luxon?ref=goodoil.news) David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [As the sea level rises, who will pay? Councils seek answers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/566874/as-the-sea-level-rises-who-will-pay-councils-seek-answers?ref=goodoil.news) The Standard: [New Zealand starting to feel the pointy end of the climate crisis](https://thestandard.org.nz/new-zealand-starting-to-feel-the-pointy-end-of-the-climate-crisis/?ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Flood damage could cost region up to $700m](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/flood-damage-could-cost-region-700m?ref=goodoil.news) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Government drones designed to monitor farm and waste emissions](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/14/government-drones-designed-to-monitor-farm-and-waste-emissions/?ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged government failures managing NZ's first space mission](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566888/space-minister-judith-collins-goes-to-ground-over-alleged-government-failures-managing-nz-s-first-space-mission?ref=goodoil.news) Pii-Tuulia Nikula (ODT): [NZ Post woes show difficulty of decarbonisation](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/nz-post-woes-show-difficulty-decarbonisation?ref=goodoil.news) **BUSINESS** RNZ: [Commerce Commission takes Foodstuffs North Island to court over alleged 'cartel conduct'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566905/commerce-commission-takes-foodstuffs-north-island-to-court-over-alleged-cartel-conduct?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Commerce Commission to take Foodstuffs North Island and Gilmours to court alleging cartel conduct](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360757493/commerce-commission-take-foodstuffs-north-island-and-gilmours-court-alleging-cartel-conduct?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Proceedings filed against major grocers for alleged cartel conduct](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/15/proceedings-filed-against-major-grocers-for-alleged-cartel-conduct/?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [ComCom accuses Foodstuffs North Island of cartel conduct](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360757442/comcom-accuses-foodstuffs-north-island-cartel-conduct?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [NZ lags behind Australia on freight strategy and data sharing, industry group says](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/nz-lags-behind-australia-on-freight-strategy-and-data-sharing-industry-group-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Weekes (Herald): [HelloFresh pleads guilty to five charges after ‘subscription traps’ tricked customers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/hellofresh-pleads-guilty-to-five-charges-after-subscription-traps-tricked-customers/7RZZAJMTMRHXTM2AKI6YM4POZA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Taylor Rice (1News): [Passing the bucks: Can businesses refuse to let you pay in cash?](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/13/passing-the-bucks-can-businesses-refuse-to-let-you-pay-in-cash/?ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [Peter McBride, Antonia Watson, Nicole McKee, Phil Mauger, Ritesh Mani, the Accountants, and a reminder to pay your PR people](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-peter-mcbride-antonia-watson-nicole-mckee-phil-mauger-ritesh-mani-the-accountants-and-a-reminder-to-pay-your-pr-people?ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Retail card spending lifts slightly in June but retailers 'continuing to battle strong headwinds'](https://www.interest.co.nz/business/134149/electronic-cards-data-june-shows-retail-spending-rose-first-time-fourth-months-june?ref=goodoil.news) Mike White (Sunday Star Times): [No Hallelujah Chorus: Five metres that feels more like eternity](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360747671/no-hallelujah-chorus-five-metres-feels-more-eternity?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **EMPLOYMENT** Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Gig economy on trial as Uber fights drivers’ employee status](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/employment/gig-economy-on-trial-as-uber-fights-drivers-employee-status-sasha-borissenko/I265KCNZEVEUJKINSLXVN5FHW4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Elsie Williams (Press/Post): [Young and shut out: Gen Z face the harshest job market in years](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360750295/young-and-shut-out-gen-z-face-harshest-job-market-years?ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [Work, Interrupted: The kids, the mortgage, but no job. What next?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360750392/work-interrupted-kids-mortgage-no-job-what-next?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Amelia Wade (Post): [Work, Interrupted: Is 50 the new 60? Older workers battling algorithms to get CVs seen](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756370/work-interrupted-50-new-60-older-workers-battling-algorithms-get-cvs-seen?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dionne Christian (Listener): [‘I just want to work’: The reality of life after redundancy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/i-just-want-to-work-the-reality-of-life-after-redundancy/3MLH4MYHSJEFLNF75TO4OGBLJM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Wealth and Work](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/rnz100-a-century-of-stories/story/2018988902/ep-6-wealth-and-work?ref=goodoil.news) **WELLINGTON** Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Ray Chung's 'vile' email condemned across the political spectrum](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566873/ray-chung-s-vile-email-condemned-across-the-political-spectrum?ref=goodoil.news) Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says she has received apology from Ray Chung](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566854/wellington-mayor-tory-whanau-says-she-has-received-apology-from-ray-chung?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Ray Chung finally apologises to mayor Tory Whanau for lewd email](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360755670/unequivocal-mayoral-candidate-ray-chung-promises-full-public-apology-mayor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ethan Manera (Herald): [Crown Observer issues warning after Ray Chung’s lewd Tory Whanau email, council CEO investigating](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington/crown-observer-issues-warning-after-ray-chungs-lewd-tory-whanau-email-council-ceo-investigating/Z5KTMFJS7JG4VNIQ6GVHHQAY24/?ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [A play-by-play of Ray Chung’s train wreck interview with Sean Plunket](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/14-07-2025/a-play-by-play-of-ray-chungs-train-wreck-interview-with-sean-plunket?ref=goodoil.news) Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Slinging match as dirty politics engulfs Wellington mayoral race](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566828/slinging-match-as-dirty-politics-engulfs-wellington-mayoral-race?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Ray Chung maintains political ‘smear’ claim, as some supporters back away](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756451/ray-chung-says-sorry-finally-maintains-political-smear-claim?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dave Armstrong (Post): [Just when you thought the campaign could get boring](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756623/just-when-you-thought-campaign-could-get-boring?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Justin Wong (Post): [Wellington councils deliver election year warning on costs and rates](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360757025/wellington-councils-deliver-election-year-warning-costs-and-rates?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **AUCKLAND** Duncan Greive (Spinoff): [Auckland’s annual report card is out again – and its grades have barely budged](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-07-2025/aucklands-annual-report-card-is-out-again-and-its-grades-have-barely-budged?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Auckland not keeping up internationally with land-use, housing and transport - report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566892/auckland-not-keeping-up-internationally-with-land-use-housing-and-transport-report?ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Post): [The State of Auckland: Its productivity problem is holding back NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756866/state-auckland-its-productivity-problem-holding-back-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike McRoberts (NBR): [’State of the City 2025’ - Auckland’s productivity puzzle deepens](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/state-of-the-city-2025-aucklands-productivity-puzzle-deepens/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Will 2026 be the year that Auckland gets its mojo back?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/15-07-2025/will-2026-be-the-year-that-auckland-gets-its-mojo-back?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE** Aziz Al Saafin (1News): [NZ joins biggest-ever Australia war drills as US pressures allies on Taiwan](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/14/nz-joins-biggest-ever-australia-war-drills-as-us-pressures-allies-on-taiwan/?ref=goodoil.news) Barbara Dreaver (1News): [No senior NZ Govt officials to attend Cook Islands Constitution event](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/14/no-senior-nz-govt-officials-to-attend-cook-islands-constitution-event/?ref=goodoil.news) John McKinnon (Post): [Finding our place between America and China](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360756283/finding-our-place-between-america-and-china?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil O’Reilly (Herald): [NZ business must rethink the way it sees Europe](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nz-business-must-rethink-the-way-it-sees-europe-phil-oreilly/URRE2TDF5BEUHPIXHQW43MBSRE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HOUSING, BUILDING SAFETY** Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Govt set to quash death sentences on hundreds of quake-prone buildings](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/10/govt-set-to-quash-death-sentences-on-hundreds-of-quake-prone-buildings/?ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Queenstown housing crisis worsens, waitlist grows by 41% in two years](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360750686/queenstown-housing-crisis-worsens-waitlist-grows-41-two-years?ref=goodoil.news) Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Illegal boarding house tenants told to hide from housing inspectors](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566903/illegal-boarding-house-tenants-told-to-hide-from-housing-inspectors?ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Sunday Star Times): [The cost of building a house is high, but it will never get better](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360732221/cost-building-house-high-it-will-never-get-better?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Ling (Northern Advocate): [Insulation rule changes could save Northland builders $15,000 per build](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/construction/insulation-rule-changes-to-save-northland-builders-15000-per-build/NLUYLYUWVVCCJD7W7MIEQAWPLU/?ref=goodoil.news) Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Rotorua housing consents surge as part of plan to get kids out of emergency housing](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360752957/rotorua-housing-consents-surge-part-plan-get-kids-out-emergency-housing?ref=goodoil.news) Emina Kristina Petrović (Newsroom): [Should the building industry keep using this controversial material?](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/14/should-the-building-industry-keep-using-this-controversial-material/?ref=goodoil.news) Natalia Albert: [The Political Abyss of Housing In New Zealand](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/the-political-abyss-of-housing-in) Greg Ninness (Interest): [National median rent declines after almost 18 months of stagnation](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/134193/national-median-rent-declined-5-week-may-compared-april-while-number-properties?ref=goodoil.news) Nichole Lewis (Stuff): [Should KiwiSaver be opened to investment property?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360756441/should-kiwisaver-be-opened-investment-property?ref=goodoil.news) **ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Department of Conservation backtracks after decision that could have cost 700 jobs at Otago mine](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/department-of-conservation-backtracks-after-decision-that-could-have-cost-700-jobs-at-otago-mine/TZFX6DLQYBHBXGKR45LA6NDZD4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): [Tourism operator seeks permission to stop for chance whale encounters](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/tourism-operator-seeks-permission-stop-chance-whale-encounters?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wastewater discharge into Shotover River escalated to Environment Court](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566667/wastewater-discharge-into-shotover-river-escalated-to-environment-court?ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: Warnings resurface over iconic fish](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566894/warnings-resurface-over-iconic-fish?ref=goodoil.news) Pete Carey (Listener): [Net loss: How our demand for fish is decimating albatross](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/net-loss-how-our-demand-for-fish-is-decimating-albatross/EL3LWOUW3FGYZBBQJC34IBVV2U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie MItchell (Press/Post): [Frankenmoa and the fantasy of undoing extinction](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360753730/frankenmoa-and-fantasy-undoing-extinction?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Extinction may be no 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